Phil Garner
Phil Garner
Philip Mason Garneris an American former baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants from 1973 to 1988. He was manager of the Astros from July 14, 2004 to August 27, 2007, leading Houston to a World Series appearance in 2005...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 April 1949
CityJefferson City, TN
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I just think it would be electric for the city. People are just so wound up.
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I really think the homer changed Roy. We had the momentum early and gave it back. But when Mike hit the homer, you saw a different Roy. He was aggressive. He got to be the Roy of old.
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I looked at their lineup, and that's better than some All-Star lineups. And they don't even have (Vladimir Guerrero) out there. That's impressive.
putting situation
I'll say something to them, ... by putting them right back into the same situation come Tuesday.
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I'll tell you this, Clemens will be ready. The man never ceases to amaze me.
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I know he's disappointed and I would expect him to be disappointed.
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I'm seeing younger and better arms coming into the league in the last five or six years. Washington has good pitching. Same for San Diego.
messages seen sent
I have not seen him. I have messages that he sent to other people.
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I'm not worried about that. I don't think that will be a major issue. I don't see that we would lay back and wait on Roger to make a decision. I think guys are going to be out there fighting to win, even if Rocket announced his retirement.
count trying
I'm not trying to keep anything from you. You just don't count him out.
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I like what you see there. And he strikes out almost three times as many as he walks, so he can afford to walk somebody, because he's going to strike you out, too.
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I'm convinced that Brad, on several occasions, has tried to get me fired so he could take over the team this year, ... I just absolutely think Brad would make a terrific manager. I rely on him a great deal. I trust his judgment.
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I'm a resident of Houston, and I was unemployed at the time, when they were talking about bringing Andy back,
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They'll let Jimmy control the clubhouse, and he'll get the backing from the front office because of his good relationship with Dombrowski from their time together with the Marlins.